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Laura on Tour
August 1 7:30pm $25 The Peace Hall, 14 Victoria Street, Pugwash, NS In Concert with Kim Dunn. Many thanks to these folks who stepped up to give us a concert after the Balmoral Kirk had to cancel our July 5th date. Hooray! Tickets: Basic Spirit Craft Gallery and Chesnutt Cafe or call 902-243-3169 or email: peacehall@gmail.com
August 16 $25 7:30pm In Concert with Kim Dunn Doors at 7:00 The Locke Theatre, Lockport, NS Details to follow 902-656-2514
August 18 $35 4:00pm - Cecilia’s Retreat 1199 Oakland Road RR2 Mahone Bay - A Concert Set with Kim Dunn followed by BBQ in support of the Peggy Corkum/Musique Royale Legacy Award given yearly to a gifted young Nova Scotia Pianist TICKETS RESERVED VIA EMAIL ONLY to barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca
August 31 7:00pm In Concert with Kim Dunn /Acoustic Roots Festival - Two Rivers Wildlife Park, Marion Bridge, NS.
Tickets 902-727-2483 www.acousticrootsfestival.com
September 21 $25 7:30pm In Concert with Kim Dunn and Special Guest, Bruce Dixon on bass. Doors @ 7:30 Chester Playhouse, Chester, NS Tickets: 1-800-363-7529 or 902-275-3933
October 17 - 19 Celtic Colours Int’l Festival, Various locations, Cape Breton Island. Tickets: 902-567-3000 My schedule: celtic-colours.com/artists/laura-smith/
November 22 7:00pm In Concert with Kim Dunn Musquodoboit Bicentennial Theatre Tickets 902.384.2819 bicentennialtheatre.ca/shop/
August 18 $35 4:00pm - Cecilia’s Retreat 1199 Oakland Road RR2 Mahone Bay - A Concert Set with Kim Dunn followed by BBQ in support of the Peggy Corkum/Musique Royale Legacy Award given yearly to a gifted young Nova Scotia Pianist TICKETS RESERVED VIA EMAIL ONLY to barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca
August 31 7:00pm In Concert with Kim Dunn /Acoustic Roots Festival - Two Rivers Wildlife Park, Marion Bridge, NS.
Tickets 902-727-2483 www.acousticrootsfestival.com
September 21 $25 7:30pm In Concert with Kim Dunn and Special Guest, Bruce Dixon on bass. Doors @ 7:30 Chester Playhouse, Chester, NS Tickets: 1-800-363-7529 or 902-275-3933
October 17 - 19 Celtic Colours Int’l Festival, Various locations, Cape Breton Island. Tickets: 902-567-3000 My schedule: celtic-colours.com/artists/laura-smith/
November 22 7:00pm In Concert with Kim Dunn Musquodoboit Bicentennial Theatre Tickets 902.384.2819 bicentennialtheatre.ca/shop/
Performances Confirmed for 2020
Nov.26 to Dec. 19 Europe
25th Guinness IRISH CHRISTMAS featuring:
1.) KEVIN BURKE / Irland (Solo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgjaf-e8hbE
2.) LAURA SMITH & KIM DUNN / Kanada (Duo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlSBPpK6Xc
interval
3.) BARRY KERR / N-Irland (Duo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu2ZW74jtR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNsqmYLdLTI
4.) HIGH TIMES / Irland (Trio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgSiPSOJbV8
Th 26.11. travel day
Fr 27.11. ESSLINGEN (D) - Dieselstrasse
Sa 28.11. WINTERTHUR (CH) – Alte Kaserne
Su 29.11. GÖTZIS (A) – Am Bach
Mo 30.11. IMST (A) - Agrarzentrum
Tu 1.12. WEER i.T. (A) – Donauer Hof
We 2.12. ST.JOHANN i.T. (A) - tba
Th 3.12. SALZBURG (A) - OVAL
Fr 4.12. RIED (A) - KIK
Sa 5.12. BRAUNAU (A) - GUGG
Su 6.12. off
Mo 7.12. ST.PÖLTEN (A) – Bühne im Hof
Tu 8.12. ST.PÖLTEN (A) – Bühne im Hof
We 9.12. LAAKIRCHEN (A) - ALFA
Th 10.12. BAD ISCHL (A) - Lehartheater
Fr 11.12. ÖBLARN (A) – KU:L
Sa 12.12. UDINE (I) - tba
Su 13.12. BLEIBURG (A) Grenzlandheim
Mo 14.12. FELDKIRCHEN (A) - Amthof
Tu 15.12. WIEN (A) - Metropol
We 16.12. WIEN (A) - Metropol
Th 17.12. BADEN (A) – Cinema Paradiso
Fr 18.12. TULLN (A) - Danubium
Sa 19.12. OSLIP (A) – Cselley Mühle
25th Guinness IRISH CHRISTMAS featuring:
1.) KEVIN BURKE / Irland (Solo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgjaf-e8hbE
2.) LAURA SMITH & KIM DUNN / Kanada (Duo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlSBPpK6Xc
interval
3.) BARRY KERR / N-Irland (Duo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu2ZW74jtR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNsqmYLdLTI
4.) HIGH TIMES / Irland (Trio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgSiPSOJbV8
Th 26.11. travel day
Fr 27.11. ESSLINGEN (D) - Dieselstrasse
Sa 28.11. WINTERTHUR (CH) – Alte Kaserne
Su 29.11. GÖTZIS (A) – Am Bach
Mo 30.11. IMST (A) - Agrarzentrum
Tu 1.12. WEER i.T. (A) – Donauer Hof
We 2.12. ST.JOHANN i.T. (A) - tba
Th 3.12. SALZBURG (A) - OVAL
Fr 4.12. RIED (A) - KIK
Sa 5.12. BRAUNAU (A) - GUGG
Su 6.12. off
Mo 7.12. ST.PÖLTEN (A) – Bühne im Hof
Tu 8.12. ST.PÖLTEN (A) – Bühne im Hof
We 9.12. LAAKIRCHEN (A) - ALFA
Th 10.12. BAD ISCHL (A) - Lehartheater
Fr 11.12. ÖBLARN (A) – KU:L
Sa 12.12. UDINE (I) - tba
Su 13.12. BLEIBURG (A) Grenzlandheim
Mo 14.12. FELDKIRCHEN (A) - Amthof
Tu 15.12. WIEN (A) - Metropol
We 16.12. WIEN (A) - Metropol
Th 17.12. BADEN (A) – Cinema Paradiso
Fr 18.12. TULLN (A) - Danubium
Sa 19.12. OSLIP (A) – Cselley Mühle
2019 What People Had to Say About Laura Smith In Concert
March 10, 2019 Martha Vowles, audience member, Lansdowne Concert Series, Fredericton, NB “I saw Laura Smith several times in the eighties and early nineties. Her performances have always moved me. It was a joy to see that she is aging like a fine wine. ...she exudes a lightness of being that seems rooted in gratitude and the joy of creating and sharing. I can only hope that she and Kim Dunn visit New Brunswick again soon. We’ll be there.”
June 22, 2019, Donna Morrissey, Award-winning Canadian Author, Gemini Award Winner, Spatz Theatre, Halifax, NS t”Went to see you last night at the Spatz Theatre. You were just feckin incredible!!! Raw, brilliant and beautiful. Goosebumps on my elbows. Each and every syllable was riveting. What a presence you have up there. They say a singer can’t really hear their own voice, is that true? If so, I wish, just once, you could be of us and see and hear you as we see and hear you... Thank you!!”
June 22, 2019, Donna Morrissey, Award-winning Canadian Author, Gemini Award Winner, Spatz Theatre, Halifax, NS t”Went to see you last night at the Spatz Theatre. You were just feckin incredible!!! Raw, brilliant and beautiful. Goosebumps on my elbows. Each and every syllable was riveting. What a presence you have up there. They say a singer can’t really hear their own voice, is that true? If so, I wish, just once, you could be of us and see and hear you as we see and hear you... Thank you!!”
2018 What People Had to Say About Laura Smith In Concert
December 4, 2018 - Peter Bevan-Baker, Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-by-the-Sea, PE.
“Ann and I had a beautiful time at Laura Smith’s concert this afternoon in the gorgeous Victoria Playhouse. Laura was delightful and funny and charming and poignant, and the audience left feeling like we’d had a big old warm Xmas hug. Props to Chris Corrigan (who was sequestered at almost literally the last minute as a substitute) for some amazing guitar work...”
(Note from Laura: My first-ever concert where I was asked to learn Christmas songs - and did! Now, I’m thinking I could make a Christmas Concert a habit...)
“Ann and I had a beautiful time at Laura Smith’s concert this afternoon in the gorgeous Victoria Playhouse. Laura was delightful and funny and charming and poignant, and the audience left feeling like we’d had a big old warm Xmas hug. Props to Chris Corrigan (who was sequestered at almost literally the last minute as a substitute) for some amazing guitar work...”
(Note from Laura: My first-ever concert where I was asked to learn Christmas songs - and did! Now, I’m thinking I could make a Christmas Concert a habit...)
July 13, 2018 - Alex Keir, Stellarton, NS. Balmoral Kirk, The Falls, NS.
“The performance, the performers, the venue, the sound!, the light, the audience....a list...if I wrote them in order of excellence..they would all be on top of each other and you couldn't make them out...so I have picked them apart for clarity. Thank you.”
“The performance, the performers, the venue, the sound!, the light, the audience....a list...if I wrote them in order of excellence..they would all be on top of each other and you couldn't make them out...so I have picked them apart for clarity. Thank you.”
May 31, 2018 - Tracey E. MacNeil, Executive Director, Strathspey Performing Arts Centre
"I've been a Laura Smith fan for 25 years now. Her performance at Strathspey Performing Arts Centre on May 31st was over the top, better than I could have even dreamed. Her stories, her honestly, her voice! She is beautiful and exudes the essence of what love and great music is all about. Thank you Laura, you made my year."......
May 15, 2018 - Doug Cox, Artistic Director, Executive Producer, Vancouver Island MusicFest / —- Vanouver Island Folk Festival Concert Series, Cumberland, BC
"I've been a Laura Smith fan for 25 years now. Her performance at Strathspey Performing Arts Centre on May 31st was over the top, better than I could have even dreamed. Her stories, her honestly, her voice! She is beautiful and exudes the essence of what love and great music is all about. Thank you Laura, you made my year."......
May 15, 2018 - Doug Cox, Artistic Director, Executive Producer, Vancouver Island MusicFest / —- Vanouver Island Folk Festival Concert Series, Cumberland, BC
“Just watching Laura Smith here at the Cumberland Hotel. What a stunning singer she is ! She is a rare artist who knows how to hold back, never shows off her chops but then kills you with them at the right moment. I think this is the last night of her tour but if you ever get the chance, don’t miss her. The almost-lost-art of a brilliant singer who serves the songs she sings. Tingly! She’s also a helluva writer”.
March 11, 2018, Shaun Mclean, New Glasgow, NS. Merigomish United Church, Merigomish, NS
March 11, 2018, Shaun Mclean, New Glasgow, NS. Merigomish United Church, Merigomish, NS
“I saw Laura Smith today in Merigomish and I have to say something about it. It was and always is transformative to witness her art. I don’t feel that way about any other singer.Let me be clear about this. I flew to Ottawa and paid $500 for two tickets to Barbara Streisand and left before the encore. I’ve seen Diana Ross, Bette Midler, K.D.Lang ;live.....and they were all enjoyable with some awesome moments; lots of music and theatre in my time; however, I find most of it mediocre.I don’t trust concerts .I wouldn,t go to most if the admission was free.... She is truthful and crystal clear. She is brave and brazen and naked and lush. I feel like I'm so lucky to be in the room in which she is singing and playing and speaking. I feel a kinship and a joy with the other people who have found their way there at that same time and place. She clears my head, she opens me up and she makes me want to be a better singer. I love her for that........”.
Peter North - Artistic Director, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival. May 8, The Nexus on First, Salmon Arm, BC - “Laura continues to be one of the most remarkable artists of our time and that was a show to remember”.
Feb 20, 2018. A lovely piece about Laura’s work written by Peter Simpson for The South Shore Breaker/Chronicle Herald: thechronicleherald.ca/southshorebreaker/1546854-simpson-musician-laura-smith-still-going-strong